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پوست‌کلفت

/ pust-koloft /
idiom  ·  thick-skinned, tough
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Meaning

معنی
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Pust-koloft literally means "thick-skinned." The compound (pust = skin, koloft = thick) names someone who shrugs off insults, criticism, and shame the way a rhinoceros shrugs off a fly.

In a sentence

مثال
چقدر پوست کلفته، اصلا انگار نه انگار
cheghadr pust-koloft-e, aslan engâr na engâr
He's so thick-skinned, totally unbothered
برای این کار باید پوست کلفت باشی
barâ-ye in kâr bâyad pust-koloft bâshi
You have to be thick-skinned for this job
این سیاستمدارا همشون پوست کلفتن
in siyâsatmadâr-â hamashun pust-koloftan
These politicians are all thick-skinned

In its constellation

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پوست‌کلفتpust-koloft
پوستpustنازک‌نارنجیnâzok-nârenjiپرروporruکلفتkoloftحیاhayâ
پوست‌کلفتpust-koloft
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